What Does Matthew 21:5 Mean?

“Tell ye”

to speak or say (by word or writing)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the daughter”

a female child, or (by hebraism) descendant (or inhabitant)

“of Sion”

sion (i.e., tsijon), a hill of jerusalem; figuratively, the church (militant or triumphant)

“Behold”

used as imperative lo!

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“King”

a sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figuratively)

“thy”

of thee, thy

“cometh”

to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

“unto thee”

to thee

“meek”

mild, i.e., (by implication) humble

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“sitting”

to walk upon, i.e., mount, ascend, embark, arrive

“upon”

properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re

“an ass”

a donkey

“and”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“a colt”

a "foal" or "filly", i.e., (specially), a young ass

“the foal”

a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship

“of an ass”

an animal under the yoke (draught-beast), i.e., (specially), a donkey